Comparison

GymReps vs Next Set

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

GymReps

This app helps you plan, log, and track your gym workouts to improve your fitness. It offers a simple interface for creating custom exercises, building routines, and monitoring progress with features like rest timers and one-rep max calculations.

Highlights
  • Custom exercise creation
  • Log weightlifting, cardio, bodyweight
  • Build custom workouts
  • Workout planning and goal setting
  • Rest timer
  • Estimated one rep max calculation
  • Data backup
Features
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Keeping a training log is essential to making progress in the gym and improving your fitness. GymReps is the perfect tool for planning, logging, and tracking your workouts. With a simple user interface, GymReps lets you get right to your workout and is not overloaded with unnecessary features. It is completely customizable to your type of routine and preferences. Features: - Create custom exercises - Track weightlifting, cardio, or bodyweight exercises by reps or duration - Build your own workouts - Break your workouts into days - Plan your workout and set goals for each exercise - Create categories to organize exercises any way you prefer - Add weight to bodyweight exercises - Rest timer for between sets - Estimated one rep max calculated for each set - 100+ exercises built in to the app - Backup your data and save it anywhere you prefer Log your workouts. Improve a little bit each workout. Track your progress and watch your fitness improve over time! Tab bar and button icons by icons8.com

About

Next Set

Easily plan and log your fitness routines to achieve your goals. Create custom workout templates, organize them into programs, and visualize your progress with detailed stats. Enjoy a completely ad-free and purchase-free experience with local data storage.

Highlights
  • Create workout templates and programs
  • Log workouts on the fly
  • Visualize progress with graphs
  • Support for circuits and random exercises
  • Light and dark mode support
  • Local data storage and backups
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Next Set is a workout planning and tracking app that makes it easy for you to log and track your workouts and reach your fitness goals. No ads. No in-app purchases. Once you have Next Set you can use all it's features. Features: - Add exercises and create workout templates, or just log a workout on the fly. - Organize your templates into programs to follow and let the app keep track of which workout is up next. - Visualize your progress over time through graphs on the Stats page, including workout volumes, rep counts, distance, pace, and more. - Create templates with more complex setups than just a series of exercises. Add circuits for repeated sets of exercises. Add randomly selected exercises to give some variety to your workouts. - Both light mode and dark mode fully supported. Your data is your own. - All data is stored locally on your phone and automatically backed up with your iPhone backups. - I the developer do not have access to your data. Your data is never uploaded or sent anywhere. - You can also manually backup your data to a storage location of your choice.

Screenshots

GymReps4 screens
Next Set4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Next Set at none against GymReps's shown. Next Set also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 5 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). GymReps's advantage is ratings volume (10 vs 2). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Next Set holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GymReps has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GymReps ships an update every 5 months, Next Set every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
GymReps versus Next Set: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGymRepsNext Set
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (10 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer2V Labs LLCKyle Measner

Customer experience

GymReps

All ratings10 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%

Next Set

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

GymReps

No in-app purchases

None

Next Set

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GymReps free?
GymReps is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Next Set free?
Next Set is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, GymReps or Next Set?
Next Set is rated higher. GymReps averages 4.8 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Next Set averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do GymReps or Next Set have ads?
GymReps shows ads; Next Set does not.
Which is updated more often, GymReps or Next Set?
GymReps ships an update every 5 months, and Next Set every 4 days. Most recently, GymReps was updated on October 24, 2026 and Next Set on October 14, 2026.

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